The mission of the Department of Economics is to provide high quality instruction in economics at both the undergraduate and graduate level, to offer programs which focus on community economic education and to provide service to the university, profession, and community. The curriculum emphasizes the development of students' oral, writing, and problem solving skills necessary to succeed in the global marketplace. The department promotes pure and applied research and consulting activities in domestic and international areas.

The Department offers a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree (follow this link to see the requirements for the B.A./B.S. degree in Economics) with a Basic Concentration, as well as Concentrations in International Economics  and Managerial Economics. A Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics is also now available.

Academic progress sheets for used to track a student's progress in attaining the BA and the BS/BBA degrees are now available online (external site).